Are you searching for safe foods for your nut allergic child? Whether you are hunting for nut free baby food, biscuits or birthday cake … looking for safe ingredients to cook from scratch or for ready meal brands you can trust … find suggestions here, in the Nutmums.com nut free food directory!
Below is an A-Z list of food manufacturers, which includes both:
- Dedicated “nut free” food brands; and
- Details of other food manufacturers which, according to their product labels or information on their website, do produce some nut free products.
Manufacturers do change their recipes (and their production arrangements), so please do check the product label for yourself each time, and make your own enquiries of the manufacturer, if you are in any doubt about whether something is safe.
I will add to the list as I come across more nut free brands and products … and do let me know if you have any product recommendations!
If you prefer to browse by the type of food, please see the following pages:
- Baby and toddler foods
- Biscuits, cakes and crisps
- Bread, cereals and pasta
- Butter, spreads and jams
- Chocolate, sweets, ice cream and lollies
- Meals and hot foods
- Milk alternatives
- Sauces, dressings and ingredients
- Soft drinks
The A-Z of nut free food
A
Alpro
(yoghurts, soya milk)
Note: For more information on Alpro soya’s nut free status, see Alpro’s well that ends well.
Amy’s Kitchen
(does not use peanuts) (meals)
Anniversary House Sugarcraft
(cake toppers)
Note: Creative Party confirmed by email in August 2014 that “Our cake toppers do not contain nuts, however some of the colours used are produced in a factory where nuts are present”. If I can find out more details, I will update this entry.
B
Bannisters’ Farm
(jacket potatoes)
Barfoots
(sweetcorn bites)
Note: Barfoots confirmed by email in March 2014 that “Sweetcorn Bites are made in facility that is free from nuts. We have a strict Nut Free site policy that doesn’t allow any nuts on site, including in the staff canteen”. Barfoots also advised that the sweetcorn is grown on farms with nut free policies and the growers and factories are regularly audited to check compliance with the policies.
Barkat
(bread, cereals, crackers, ice cream cones, pasta shapes)
The website listing for the alphabet shapes pasta (for example) states:
[see below – Cassandra’s comment regarding ice cream cones]
Beenies
(sweets)
Beyond Dark
(chocolate)
Note: Beyond Dark advised me in March 2014 that their product and manufacturing are totally nut free.
BFree
(bread, rolls, bagels, wraps)
Big Oz
(cereals)
Briannas
(salad dressing)
The website listing for the saucy ginger mandarin dressing (for example) states:
C
Cadburys
(certain chocolate bars, buttons and drinks are listed as “nut absent”).
Note: As at 16 March 2014, the nut absent selection included Creme Egg, Twirl, Crunchie, Flake, Buttons and more…
Calypso
(soft drinks, ice lollies)
Carr’s
(savoury biscuits)
Note: United Biscuits produce a list of Products suitable for a nut and peanut avoidance diet, which is regularly updated.
Celtic Chocolates
(chocolates)
Note: A copy of Celtic Chocolates nut statement is available on request by emailing the company. Whilst they don’t state their products are “nut free”, as at 14 March 2014 their policy said “… We do not use nuts in the factory and none of our ingredients contain nuts. We prohibit staff from consuming nuts in the canteen or bringing nuts on site and conduct spot checks to ensure this rule is adhered to …”
The Chocolate Alchemist
(chocolate coins, stocked by John Lewis)
Clive’s Pies
(pies)
Note: Clive’s Pies told me at the Allergy Show in October 2013 that whilst the factory in which the pies are made does handle nuts, the nut products are made on a different product line and a different day to the pies.
Coconut Dream
(milk alternative drinks)
Cooks’ Ingredients
Note: Waitrose produce a list of Waitrose Own Label Products Suitable for those Avoiding Nuts and Peanuts, which is regularly updated.
Cook’s Ketjap Manis
(soy sauce)
Note: Wingyip advised by email in March 2014 that the manufacturer “had confirmed that there are no traces of nuts in the product”.
Coyo
(coconut milk yoghurt)
The website listing for the natural yoghurt (for example) states:
Crawford’s
(biscuits)
Note: United Biscuits produce a list of Products suitable for a nut and peanut avoidance diet, which is regularly updated.
Crespo
(olives)
D
D&D Chocolates
(chocolates)
De Cecco
(pasta)
Note: De Cecco confirmed by email in March 2014 that “the pasta is produced in a nut free environment”.
Delamere Dairy
(soya drink)
Discovery Foods
(Mexican food)
Note: Discovery Foods produce an allergen report, listing “contains” and “may contain” information for each product.
Dolmio
(pasta sauces)
Note: Dolmio advised me in August 2013, that:
“If there’s a possibility of cross contamination then the product will have a suitable warning on the packaging… In effect, any products which don’t show nuts in the ingredients list or carry an appropriate warning can be taken as not containing nuts.”
Doves Farm
(pasta, cookies, baking ingredients)
The website listing for Lemon Zest Cookies (for example) states: “These award-winning cookies are baked in our dedicated gluten free bakery in Wiltshire that does not use gluten, milk, peanut, egg or soya.”
Their website FAQs give more detail, see for example Q: What allergens do you have onsite, and where?
DS Gluten Free
(bread, biscuits and pasta)
Note: DS Gluten Free told me at the Allergy Show in October 2013 that if a DS Gluten Free product doesn’t have a “may contain nuts” warning, it has been made in a nut free environment.
Duerr’s
(mincemeat)
Note: Duerr’s confirmed by email in December 2013 that their mincemeat:
“does not require a nut warning as there is no possibility of cross contamination; the production site is a nut free site”
E
Ella’s Kitchen
(baby and toddler foods)
Eskal Nut Free Butter
(nut free butter)
F
The Frank Food Company Limited
(FRANK snack bars)
Frebaco
(muesli and porridge)
Available from Tesco:
- Nut Free Organic Muesli
- Nut Free Oat & Barley Porridge
- Nut Free Fruit Muesli
- Nut Free Fruit Porridge
Free & Easy
(soups, sauces, ready meals, curry pastes and more)
Free From Italy
(pasta sauces)
Le Conserve della Nonna Pasta Sauce range includes tomato & basil, tomato & chilli and green pesto (this is made with pine nuts – for more information on pine nut allergy see the Anaphylaxis Campaign’s advice).
Friendly Food and Drink Company
(chutneys, jams, sauces and more)
G
Gefen
(sauces)
Goody Good Stuff
(sweets)
Gourmet Garden
(herbs and spices)
Green Giant
(sweetcorn)
Note: Green Giant’s confirmed by email in August 2013 that:
“As part of our precautions every product, which we produce, is subject to a thorough safety evaluation by trained personnel. During the evaluation any possible allergens that are present from the raw ingredients through to the finished product will be identified, documented and if present labelled on the product packaging.”
Grenada Chocolate Company
(chocolate)
H
Haribo
(sweets)
Note: Haribo UK confirmed by email in August 2013 that “we do not use any nuts on site with the exception of coconut”. You can contact them for a full list of their sweets (produced in the UK) that are “suitable for nut free diets”.
Heavenly Cake Company
(cakes)
Heinz
(various)
Note: Heinz provide two lists, one of foods “suitable for a nut free diet” and one of foods “suitable for a peanut free diet. Request your copy here. The listed products do not contain any nut or peanut containing ingredients. The lists detail certain products from brands such as Amoy, Aunt Bessies, Baked Beans, Ross, Weight Watchers, plus various products such as sauces (for example Daddies, HP, Lea & Perrins) pasta and soups.
Helen Browning’s Organic
(hot dogs and speedy sausages)
Hipp Organic
(baby and toddler foods)
Note: The product section of the Hipp website allows you to filter products by “Peanut free” and “Other nut free”.
Holy Cow!
(curry sauces)
The website listing for Delhi Tikka Masala (for example) states:
Hovis
(bread)
I
Ilumi
(meals)
Inka
(corn snacks)
The website listing for Roasted Giant Corn (for example) states:
Innocent
(smoothies and juices)
Isabel’s
(baking products)
It’s Nut Free
(cake bars, cereals, chocolates, snack bags)
J
Jacob’s
(biscuits, crackers)
Note: United Biscuits produce a list of Products suitable for a nut and peanut avoidance diet, which is regularly updated.
Just Love Food Company
(cakes)
K
Kellogg’s
(some of their breakfast cereals)
Kelly’s of Cornwall
(ice cream)
Note: Kelly’s of Cornwall ice cream to be made in a factory which handles nuts from late 2015 (see announcement from Kelly’s).
Note: Kelly’s confirmed by email in August 2013 that:
“All of our ice cream in tubs (1Ltr / 2Ltr etc) is made in a nut free factory so it will be suitable for people with nut allergies. “
Kettle Chips
(crisps)
Kingsmill
(bread, muffins, crumpets etc)
Note: Kingsmill confirmed by email in March 2014 that “our bread does not contain any nuts”.
Kinnerton
(chocolates, including Easter Eggs)
Kirsty’s
(meals)
Koko
(milk alternative made with coconut milk)
Kooky Dough
(ready to bake cookie dough)
Note: Although Kooky Dough used to make a “Crunchy Choc ‘n’ Nut” dough, they confirmed by email in March 2014 that they no longer produce any products with nuts and have moved to a peanut free factory. “Nuts are not allowed on site and we adhere to very strict regulations to ensure this.”
L
Little Pasta Organics
(pasta sauce for kids)
The website listing for Spinach + Broccoli (for example) states:
Lyle’s Golden Syrup
(syrups)
M
Marigold
(stock, yeast flakes)
The website listing for Engevita yeast flakes (for example) states:
Matthew Walker
(Christmas pudding)
McVitie’s
(biscuits)
Note: United Biscuits produce a list of Products suitable for a nut and peanut avoidance diet, which is regularly updated. The July 2015 list includes milk chocolate digestives, ginger nuts, jaffa cakes, rich tea and more…
Minara
(curry sauces)
Mortimer Chocolate Company
(chocolate powder for drinks and baking, melt and dip chocolates)
N
Nestle
(hot drinks, confectionery, yoghurts, cereals and more)
Newburn Bakehouse
(bread, rolls, tea cakes etc)
Note: Newburn Bakehouse told me at the Allergy Show in October 2013 that “Newburn Bakehouse” is the Warburtons’ gluten free range, which is all nut free and made in a nut free environment.
New Forest Ice Cream
(ice cream, sorbets)
Nut Free Chocolate People
(chocolates)
O
Oat Dream
(milk alternative drinks)
Organix
(some of their baby and toddler foods)
Note: Organix produce an allergen data sheet, detailing whether nuts are “in recipe” and “in factory” for each product.
Oreo
(biscuits)
Orgran
(cakes, pasta, bread and snacks)
P
Penn State
(pretzels)
Note: The label states “These snacks were produced in a nut free factory”.
Pennywise
(savoury biscuits)
Note: United Biscuits produce a list of Products suitable for a nut and peanut avoidance diet, which is regularly updated.
Peter Rabbit Organics
(baby and toddler foods)
Plamil
(egg free mayonnaise, chocolate, carob
Pom-Bear
(children’s teddy shaped crisps)
Prewetts
(porridge, chicory)
Note: Prewetts told me at the Allergy Show in October 2013 that although they make, for example, nut-containing cereals, they also have products (such as their porridge and chicory) which are nut free and made in a nut free environment.
Punjaban Curry Bases
(curry sauces)
Purbeck Ice Cream
(ice cream, sorbets)
R
Rizopia
(rice pasta)
Robertson’s
(mincemeat)
Note: Robertson’s confirmed by email in December 2013 that “our mincemeat is nut free, and our factory is a controlled site, with no nuts being permitted on site.”
Robinsons
(fruit shoots, fruit squash)
Note: Robinson’s confirmed by email in August 2013 that “Robinson’s Fruit Squashes and Fruit Shoots do not contain traces of nuts.”
S
St Dalfour
(fruit spreads)
Note: St Dalfour confirmed by email in August 2013 that “None of our Fruit Spread products contains nuts, or is made in a facility handling nuts.”
Superjam
(jam)
Sweet Mandarin
(sauces)
T
Tasha’s Dairy Free Delights
(chocolates made from Plamil chocolate)
V
Vivesoy
(soy drinks)
W
Weetabix
(Weetabix, Oatibix, Ready Brek, Weetos)
Note: Weetabix produce a nut & peanut list detailing “contains” and “may contain” information for each product.
Wowbutter
(nut free butter)
Z
Zero Zebra
(chocolate)
See also:
- List of alcoholic drinks which contain nuts.
- The Free From Foods Matter website, which has a list of food companies which use dedicated nut-free facilities for all their products, plus product directories for other allergies.
Supermarket product lists
Certain supermarkets have product guidance lists for nut allergy sufferers (please do check you are referring to the most up-to-date version):
Hi there. Just to let you know that Penn State pretzels are nut free…and are bloody yummy too! Lara
Thanks Lara!
I live in Australia and after years of suffering have just found that I have nut allergies. Constantly reading labels is my past time now and I just wanted to say that here in Australia Oreos “may contain traces of nuts” like all other brands of biscuits.
This is such a useful website. I have a granddaughter with a severe nut allergy coming to stay and it has been invaluable in helping me sort out which food stuffs are safe for her.
Hi again, just to let you know i went into sainsburys earlier to buy Batkat icecream cones and they now say “may contain nuts”, so i guess thats bye bye to another product from the limited range of nut free foods.
Thanks
Thanks very much Cassandra – have added a note above. Louise
Does anybody know a safe brand for cheese? Cheddar cheese especially. My boyfriend usually has Kerry Gold but they don’t have that near him, so we are looking for another brand.. Thank you!!
Hi Renata – we normally buy supermarket own brand cheese – the cheddar we’ve had from Waitrose/Ocado and Sainsburys have been fine. Louise
Are KitKat and penguin nut free